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Laura Conaway

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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 2h
"By the time she was released from a Louisiana immigrant detention center, a Nashville mother of two could no longer breastfeed her young daughters. Her milk had dried up." tennesseelookout.com/2026/10/01/n...
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Nursing Nashville mom reunited with kids 3 months after ICE arrest • Tennessee Lookout
A Nashville asylum seeker and mom of two describes her time in a Louisiana ICE detention center after she was detained against agency rules.
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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 19h
Here is @iamstevenhale.bsky.social, who I directed you all to be following earlier and was a witness tonight, reporting on what Tennessee did tonight. Just absolutely horrifying.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 21h
No Going Back, the Trump PAC, just reported to the FEC another huge ad buy in this R+15 district in Kentucky. They’ve now spent over $1M on ads to hold onto a seat that Republicans won by 27 points (!) just two years ago. #ky06
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Today in local news clippings for Missouri Sen. Eric Schmitt: "it became clear Schmitt had bungled the accusations against Smith by mixing up the names of the Atlanta Hawks and Iowa Hawkeyes basketball teams" missouriindependent.com/2026/09/29/r...
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Eric Schmitt bungles accusation against former special counsel Jack Smith in heated hearing • Missouri Independent
Former special counsel Jack Smith on Tuesday defended before a U.S. Senate panel his past investigations of President Donald Trump’s possession of classified documents and alleged role in attempts to ...
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Roey Hadar @roey.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
USWNT roster out
U.S. Women’s National Team Roster by Position (Club; Caps/Goals) 
2026 October Matches vs. Spain
GOALKEEPERS (3): Claudia Dickey (Seattle Reign FC; 11), Jordan Silkowitz (Bay FC; 0), Phallon Tullis-Joyce (Manchester United, ENG; 7)
DEFENDERS (8): Tierna Davidson (Gotham FC; 70/3), Emily Fox (Arsenal FC, ENG; 78/1), Naomi Girma (Chelsea FC, ENG; 54/3), Avery Patterson (Houston Dash; 14/1), Lilly Reale (Boston Legacy FC; 9/0), Tara Rudd (Washington Spirit; 12/0), Gisele Thompson (Angel City FC; 11/0), Kennedy Wesley (San Diego Wave FC; 7/1)
MIDFIELDERS (7): Sam Coffey (Manchester City FC, ENG; 46/5), Lindsey Heaps (Denver Summit FC; 178/40), Claire Hutton (Bay FC; 20/1), Rose Lavelle (Gotham FC; 122/29), Evelyn Shores (Angel City FC; 0/0), Mallory Swanson (Chicago Stars; 103/38), Lily Yohannes (OL Lyonnes, FRA; 20/1)
FORWARDS (8): Trinity Byars (San Diego Wave FC; 0/0), Michelle Cooper (Kansas City Current; 14/1), Trinity Rodman (Washington Spirit; 57/13), Emma Sears (Racing Louisville FC; 21/6), Ashley Sanchez (North Carolina Courage; 28/3), Pietra Tordin (Portland Thorns FC; 0/0), Alyssa Thompson (Chelsea FC, ENG; 32/4), Sophia Wilson (Portland Thorns FC; 63/25)
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Great lede, from the @missouriindependent.com, about the secretary of state overseeing the Missouri election. missouriindependent.com/2026/09/28/d...
Screengrab from the Missouri Independent. Quote: "There are rough months in politics.

And then there are months when you get summoned before the Missouri Supreme Court, found in contempt, sued repeatedly, accused by a former employee of retaliating against him for raising concerns about misconduct and singled out for criticism by the highest court in the nation.

"Denny Hoskins had the second kind."
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Mississippi Free Press @mississippifreepress.org · 27/09/2026
Ma'Kesha Adams is the granddaughter of one of the plaintiffs who sued to integrate the Rankin County School District nearly 50 years ago. She remembers her grandfather, John Quincy Adams, encouraging her family to remain vigilant and ensure the court's order stayed in place. buff.ly/uNJEfwo
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Rankin County Families Grapple With End of School Desegregation Order
Rankin County families are preparing for the end of a 50-year-old federal desegregation order Rankin County School District.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
It’s up! Our new film “Kill.Bury.Print” is streaming now on Peacock #KillBuryPrint trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg?... and here’s a clip:
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
>>Three organizations representing thousands of ranchers in Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas issued a joint statement Friday warning operations by ICE are disrupting the agricultural community and will make beef prices spike again. www.texastribune.org/2026/09/25/i...
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Cattle groups call out ICE operations for workforce disruptions
The beef industry has been under pressure recently from market disruptions, record high beef prices and small herd sizes. The groups say the ICE operations are another challenge for the industry.
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 26/09/2026
Shared with me by @jjindc.bsky.social, in the Denver Post. Dana Miller, you rock. Flight attendants know what’s up.
Immigrants shackled for
DIA flights are at risk
It was good to see Denver International Airport's commitment to safety demonstrated by its full-scale emergency exercise Aug. 19. 1 was a flight attendant for close to 30 years and I am glad to see the exercise included realtime role-playing, not relying solely on simulated training scenarios.
I wonder if DEN included the consideration that Immigration and Customs Enforcement charters fly in and out of the airport frequently.
These ICE flights contain passengers who are shack-led. They are restrained by leg irons and handcuffs attached to a waist chain and stay shackled throughout the flights. The restraints prevent them from reaching for an oxygen mask if there is a decompression, and in the event of a water emergency, donning personal life vests would be nigh impossible.
It seems to me that specialized training would be necessary for first responders and firefighting crews. Evacuations and rescues of an aircraft full of shackled passengers could make a horrifying situation much worse.
- Dana Miller, Denver
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
The story about Sen. Susan Collins deserves reading, all the way to the very, very, very end. www.propublica.org/article/fbi-...
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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way
After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
very excited and grateful for this! “Kill. Bury. Print.” premieres this Sunday Sept 27 on Peacock! trailer here: youtu.be/ZLfo4At-stg variety.com/2026/tv/news...
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Rachel Maddow’s ‘Kill. Bury. Print.’ Wins 2026 David Carr Award From Montclair Film Festival
Rachel Maddow's ‘Kill. Bury. Print.’ Wins 2026 David Carr Award From Montclair Film Festival
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 17/09/2026
The lawsuit argues Denny Hoskins deliberately delayed ruling on the referendum challenging Missouri’s 2025 congressional map until it was too late to prevent the disputed districts from being used in the Aug. 4 primary. #moleg #mogov
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Missouri voters file second class action against Denny Hoskins in less than a week • Missouri Independent
Missouri Secretary of State Denny Hoskins faces a second class action in less than a week over his handling of the congressional redistricting referendum.
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18/09/2026
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home | via @anna-writes.bsky.social #ksleg
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U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall leaves paper trail in Florida while calling Kansas home • Kansas Reflector
U.S. Sen. Roger Marshall established deeper roots than previously disclosed in Sarasota, Florida, where he had a vacation home that he traveled to on official business and said he used for visiting fa...
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 18/09/2026
GOP’s Ty Masterson bows out of two TV debates, Democrat Cindy Holscher accuses rival of ‘hiding’ | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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GOP's Ty Masterson bows out of two TV debates, Democrat Cindy Holscher accuses rival of 'hiding' • Kansas Reflector
Republican Ty Masterson is unwilling to meet Democrat Cindy Holscher in a pair of televised gubernatorial debates ahead of the Nov. 3 election.
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Ohio Capital Journal @ohiocapitaljournal.com · 18/09/2026
Nearly 3,000 acres of Ohio’s only national forest were leased this week for more than $11 million by the Bureau of Land Management to out-of-state companies for fracking. ohiocapitaljournal.com/2026/09/18/2...
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2,776 acres of Ohio's Wayne National Forest leased for more than $11 million for fracking • Ohio Capital Journal
Nearly 3,000 acres of Ohio’s only national forest were leased for more than $11 million by the Bureau of Land Management for fracking.
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Rachel Maddow @maddow.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Got 2 minutes and 44 seconds to spare? Our new doc comes out on Peacock, Sunday Sept 27 -- bit of a true crime thriller, which is not my usual genre, I know! But watch the trailer and you'll see why I am crazy for this story: www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLfo...
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Kill. Bury. Print. | Official Trailer | Peacock Original
YouTube video by Peacock
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Kansas Reflector @kansasreflector.com · 17/09/2026
Kansas AG Kris Kobach not seeking Trump’s endorsement: ‘I don’t think it’s necessary’ | via @kansascarpenter.bsky.social #ksleg
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Kansas AG Kris Kobach not seeking Trump's endorsement: 'I don't think it's necessary' • Kansas Reflector
Kansas GOP Attorney General Kris Kobach isn't sweating a decision not to seek President Donald Trump's endorsement in the race against Democrat Chris Mann.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Advice someone gave me that proved to be true: It's OK if you don't know what you want to do with your life in your 20s and early 30s. You just need to fall in love with something by the time you're 37. (For me, this hit at exactly 37. I presume mileage may vary and still get you there.)
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Lauren Wagner @laurenwreports.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
If you do anything today, read this critical story that my colleague @bethhawkins.bsky.social has worked on for months about how applied behavior analysis turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense: www.the74million.org/article/priv...
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Private Equity Is Cashing in on Autism Therapy. Children Are Paying the Price
Analysis of Medicaid data finds applied behavior analysis — an unproven, even dangerous therapy — turns huge profits for providers at kids' expense
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From the Kansas Reflector: >>Moments later, a protester interrupted his remarks about Marshall. >>“He sued his patients,” the man yelled, before being pushed out by security. kansasreflector.com/2026/09/14/v...
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Vance rallies support for Kansas Republicans in pointed speech interrupted by protester • Kansas Reflector
Vice President JD Vance on Monday vouched for Kansas Republicans running for the U.S. Senate and the governor’s office, curbing threats from Democrats, who want to regain control of Congress in Novemb...
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Jacob Aron @jjaron.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
"We are witnessing a general threat to intellectual work" say leading mathematicians mathandai.org
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Declaration — Math and AI
Read the declaration and add your name.
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Matthew Sparkes @sparkes.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Terence Tao says AI companies are harming mathematics by dropping new results without engaging with academia. “These companies are dumping carcasses of raw meat onto our table and saying ‘here you go, I solved your food problem’ and then they just leave." www.newscientist.com/article/2588...
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Terence Tao: AI companies are harming mathematics | New Scientist
AI companies are making new mathematical discoveries at a rapid pace but not sticking around to help unpick the new proofs. That is not the way to advance our understanding, says mathematician Terence...
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Gillian Brockell @gillianbrockell.com · 11/09/2026
AN URGENT EXCLUSIVE: Ahmed Soliman, the 30-year-old gay man ICE expelled in April to Equatorial Guinea, a country he has no ties to, was arrested this morning and cannot be located, his attorneys say. They fear he may be in one of EG's torture prisons. prospect.org/2026/09/11/i...
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Immigrant Trump Sent to African Hotel Prison Arrested After Speaking With Media, Lawyers Say - The American Prospect
Ahmed Soliman’s attorneys fear he may have been sent to one of Equatorial Guinea’s notorious torture prisons.
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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
Too many people online seem to conflate left politics with being obnoxious and scathing and Mamdani is such a model for combining a principled ideological vision with civility and grace. You shake hands, you act like a grown up even whether others aren’t. You show up.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From the Missouri Independent: The Secretary of State in Missouri was found to have been in contempt today for telling local officials to use an illegal congressional map, until he reversed his directive. ❗Note: He is in charge of the election in November.❗ missouriindependent.com/2026/09/10/m...
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Missouri Supreme Court finds Denny Hoskins “was in contempt” over congressional maps • Missouri Independent
The Missouri Supreme Court found Secretary of State Denny Hoskins in contempt for directing local election officials to use an illegal congressional map.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Afghan man taken by ICE in Missouri. His wife asks the paper not to name him because of threats for helping the U.S. in Afghanistan. "Estrada went Wednesday to U.S. Sen. Josh Hawley’s office in Kansas City to seek assistance but said the office wasn’t helpful." www.stltoday.com/news/local/c...
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Tennessee Lookout @tennesseelookout.com · 04/09/2026
Kilgore Flares Company, a defense contractor, is laying off 127 workers in tiny Toone, Tennessee, a unincorporated town of less than 300 people in Hardeman County. @cstephenson.bsky.social reports.
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Defense contractor to lay off 127 workers in Hardeman County • Tennessee Lookout
Kilgore Flares Company, a defense contractor, will lay off 127 workers at its Hardeman County manufacturing plant by the end of October.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 04/09/2026
Media crowd forming outside courtroom where former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin is being arraigned in 20 minutes.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 04/09/2026
Missouri voters will decide limits on lawmakers rewriting ballot measures #moleg #mogov
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Missouri voters will decide limits on lawmakers rewriting ballot measures  • Missouri Independent
An effort to restrict the legislature’s ability to rewrite measures approved by voters through the initiative process will be on the Nov. 3 ballot.
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Missouri Independent @missouriindependent.com · 03/09/2026
Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote #moleg #mogov
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Missouri Supreme Court blocks gerrymandered congressional map, orders referendum vote • Missouri Independent
Missourians will vote on the gerrymandered congressional map muscled through the Legislature in 2025, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled.
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Worth noting Missouri's supreme court ruling today was unanimous.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
@joesonka.lpm.org @joesonka.lpm.org @joesonka.lpm.org @joesonka.lpm.org @joesonka.lpm.org Rock star, Joe Sonka. Kentucky is blessed with great reporters.
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Kentucky Public Radio @kentuckypublicradio.org · 04/09/2026
As first reported by Kentucky Public Radio, former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.
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Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested by Bourbon County Sheriff's Office
The Bourbon County Sheriff’s Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 04/09/2026
OK, four hours later than I though, I am finally driving home from Frankfort. If more Bevin news breaks in the next hour and you have my cell, call me.
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Joe Sonka 😐 @joesonka.lpm.org · 04/09/2026
"Local news reports show that cable television company Great American Family is filming its latest movie in downtown Paris this week, called 'The Greatest Christmas Gift of All.'"
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
In Memphis, reaction to a federal task force: “You cannot call this public safety when people are afraid to work, afraid to take their children to school, afraid to go to church and afraid to spend money in their own neighborhoods.” tennesseelookout.com/2026/09/01/s...
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Some Memphis businesses push back against Memphis Safe Task Force  • Tennessee Lookout
More than 50 Memphis businesses have signed onto a public pledge to deny service to members of the Memphis Safe Task Force.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
"Voters have until October 5 to update their registrations and can check their status on the Texas secretary of state’s website, at a county election office, or by mail." Secretary of State's website: goelect.txelections.civixapps.com/ivis-mvp-ui/...
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 28/08/2026
🚨 BREAKING: ICE returned to its warehouse scheme, awarding GardaWorld $17.3 million Thursday to convert an agency-owned warehouse in San Antonio into a detention and processing facility. It used the Navy WEXMAC TITUS contracting program Secretary Markwayne Mullin said in June DHS had stopped using.
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ICE Awards GardaWorld $17.3 Million to Convert San Antonio Warehouse Into a Service Processing Center
ICE bought the work through a Navy program the Department of Homeland Security said in June it had abandoned.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 27/08/2026
Gov. Hochul’s office told Project Salt Box that “there is no need for DHS to move forward with expanding any detention facilities in the state,” that New Yorkers deserve transparency from the federal government, and that she would continue to demand answers.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
“The decline of local news has created a void, which has encouraged political operatives to step in and pretend they’re delivering local news.” www.pressherald.com/2026/08/26/i...
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Inside the rise of Maine’s partisan ‘pink slime’ news pages
Right-wing super PACs and left-wing political operatives have created several misleading and politicized social media accounts posing as Maine news sources.
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Stateline @stateline.org · 25/08/2026
The end of pandemic-era subsidies pushed millions of Americans off the Affordable Care Act, but Mississippians struggling with diabetes have been hit especially hard, @chatlanis.bsky.social reports. stateline.org/2026/08/25/c...
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Cheaper health insurance changed their lives. Then it went away. • Stateline
Part 1 of an occasional series on how people are being affected by the expiration of Affordable Care Act subsidies. EDWARDS, Miss. — Every now and then a freight train rumbles through, creaking and gr...
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
If you wear out the other sources of anxiety, consider the tegu. One heckuva critter. www.ajc.com/news/2026/08...
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Tegus are on the march in South Georgia. Locals’ guns are cocked and loaded.
Georgia residents are taking aim at the tegu lizard, a large and 'smart' invasive species accused of stealing chicken eggs, wrestling with cats and hiding under houses.
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Project Salt Box @projectsaltbox.com · 26/08/2026
ICE says it wants to buy voter files to detect fraud. What it's asking for is a record of every federal election every voter has taken part in, in every state. The request is posted publicly on SAM.gov. Our story below.
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ICE investigators want to buy voter data from every state
ICE calls it fraud detection. The files it wants could show, state by state, which Americans vote and how often.
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Holly McCall @jhollymc.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly Parton was so beloved a figure that interviewers often ask if she would consider running for president. "There have been enough boobs in the White House," was her stock reply.
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Oregon Capital Chronicle @oregoncapitalchronicle.com · 25/08/2026
Gov. Tina Kotek has ordered flags to fly at half-staff for the next week to honor country superstar and noted philanthropist Dolly Parton. More on Parton's life and legacy from our colleagues at @tennesseelookout.com: buff.ly/T5YUZ05
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Tennessee’s Dolly Parton dies at 80 after a life of music and giving • Oregon Capital Chronicle
Dolly Parton, the personification of Tennessee music, died Tuesday at age 80 after decades of entertaining the world.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Still gay, still Christian, here to agree. Every crumb of acceptance from my home culture was sustaining. Dolly Parton put out a banquet of acceptance. Biscuits for all y'all.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Has anyone lowered the Pride flag at Stonewall yet?
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Cody Boteler @codyboteler.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Dolly was an amazing performer and songwriter. But I’ll always remember her for her work on children’s literacy and the money she donated toward research for the COVID vaccine.
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Laura Conaway @oleta.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
May she get a new coat of many colors, and may it shine in light perpetual.
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